/sci/ - Science & Math

>>16187901
bullshit, it was his pet project obviously and by the time he left the White House in early 1969 we would be well on our way to accomplishing it if we hadn't already

>>15368763
>we had factories up and running, everything in place and the technicians trained and working away, that could have churned out ever better/cheaper iterations of the Saturn 5, but closed them and destroyed the fabrication machinery and furloughed the workers
makes my want to kms

>>12798260
it's too bad 50 years ago we decided to shut down these up and running factories for no good reason

>>9515342
if only they'd ordered another batch of a dozen Saturn 5s for 75-80, with an option to buy another dozen deliverable 81-86, and with a freeze on performance but the stipulation that each batch cost 15% less than the previous